diff --git a/src/video/opengl.cpp b/src/video/opengl.cpp
--- a/src/video/opengl.cpp
+++ b/src/video/opengl.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,23 @@ void OpenGLBackend::DrawMouseCursor()
 	_cur_dpi = &_screen;
 	for (uint i = 0; i < _cursor.sprite_count; ++i) {
 		SpriteID sprite = _cursor.sprite_seq[i].sprite;
-		const Sprite *spr = GetSprite(sprite, ST_NORMAL);
+
+		/* Sprites are cached by PopulateCursorCache(). */
+		if (this->cursor_cache.Contains(sprite)) {
+			const Sprite *spr = GetSprite(sprite, ST_NORMAL);
+
+			this->RenderOglSprite((OpenGLSprite *)this->cursor_cache.Get(sprite)->data, _cursor.sprite_seq[i].pal,
+					_cursor.pos.x + _cursor.sprite_pos[i].x + UnScaleByZoom(spr->x_offs, ZOOM_LVL_GUI),
+					_cursor.pos.y + _cursor.sprite_pos[i].y + UnScaleByZoom(spr->y_offs, ZOOM_LVL_GUI),
+					ZOOM_LVL_GUI);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void OpenGLBackend::PopulateCursorCache()
+{
+	for (uint i = 0; i < _cursor.sprite_count; ++i) {
+		SpriteID sprite = _cursor.sprite_seq[i].sprite;
 
 		if (!this->cursor_cache.Contains(sprite)) {
 			Sprite *old = this->cursor_cache.Insert(sprite, (Sprite *)GetRawSprite(sprite, ST_NORMAL, &SimpleSpriteAlloc, this));
@@ -1046,11 +1062,6 @@ void OpenGLBackend::DrawMouseCursor()
 				free(old);
 			}
 		}
-
-		this->RenderOglSprite((OpenGLSprite *)this->cursor_cache.Get(sprite)->data, _cursor.sprite_seq[i].pal,
-				_cursor.pos.x + _cursor.sprite_pos[i].x + UnScaleByZoom(spr->x_offs, ZOOM_LVL_GUI),
-				_cursor.pos.y + _cursor.sprite_pos[i].y + UnScaleByZoom(spr->y_offs, ZOOM_LVL_GUI),
-				ZOOM_LVL_GUI);
 	}
 }